Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders, by George Wharton EdwardsThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: Vanished towers and chimes of FlandersAuthor: George Wharton EdwardsRelease Date: March 9, 2009 [EBook #28288]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK VANISHED TOWERS CHIMES OF FLANDERS ***Produced by Greg Bergquist and The Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.netTranscriber’s NoteThe punctuation and spelling from the original text have been faithfully preserved. Only obvioustypographical errors have been corrected.CoverThe Great Cloth Hall: Ypres The Great Cloth Hall: YpresTitle PageCOPYRIGHT1916 BYGEORGEWHARTONEDWARDSVanished Towers and Chimes of FlandersFOREWORDHE unhappy Flemish people, who are at present much in the lime-light, because of the invasion andTdestruction of their once smiling and happy little country, were of a character but little known or understoodby the great outside world. The very names of their cities and towns sounded strangely in foreign ears.Towns named Ypres, Courtrai, Alost, Furnes, Tournai, were in the beginning of the invasion unpronounceableby most people, but little by little they have become familiar through newspaper reports of ...